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From Amazon.com:Book DescriptionThroughout human history, thoughts, values and behaviors have been colored by language and the prevailing view of the universe. With the advent of Quantum Mechanics, relativity, non-Euclidean geometries, non-Aristotelian logic and General Semantics, the scientific view of the world has changed dramatically from just a few decades ago. Nonetheless, human thinking is still deeply rooted in the cosmology of the middle ages. Quantum Psychology is the book to change your way of perceiving yourself — and the universe. Some say it’s materialistic, others call it scientific and still others insist it’s mystical. It is all of these — and none. The book for the 21st Century, complete with exercises. Picks up where Prometheus Rising left off. Some say it’s materialistic, others call it scientific and still others insist it’s mystical. It is all of these — and none. Second Revised Edition! About the AuthorRobert Anton Wilson is the coauthor (with the late Robert Shea), of the underground classic The Illuminatus! Trilogy which won the 1986 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award. His other writings include Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy, called “the most scientific of all science fiction novels” by New Scientist, and many nonfiction works of Futurist psychology and guerilla ontology. Wilson, who sees himself as a Futurist, author, and stand-up comic, regularly gives seminars at Esalan and other New Age centers. Wilson has made both a comedy record (Secrets of Power), and a punk rock record (The Chocolate Biscuit Conspiracy), and his play, Wilhelm Reich in Hell, has been performed throughout the world. His novel Illuminatus! was adapted as a 10-hour science fiction rock epic and performed under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Great Britain’s National Theatre, where Wilson appeared in a special cameo role. He is also a former editor at Playboy magazine. Philip K. Dick, author of Blade Runner:Wilson managed to reverse every mental polarity in me, as if I had been pulled through infinity. I was astonished and delighted. Publishers Weekly:Erudite, witty and genuinely scary Tom Robbins:Dazzlingthe most thrilling tilt-a-whirls and daring loop-o-planes on the midway of higher consciousness. Sounds, London:The mans either a genius or Jesus. Ray Tuckman, Broadcaster, KPFK Radio:With his humorous rapier, Wilson pokes and prods our misconceptions, prejudices and ignorance. A quantum banquet. John Gribbin, physicist:Does for quantum mechanics what Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet did for Relativity, but Wilson is funnier. New Scientist:What great physicist hides behind the mask of Wilson?